China and Japan have won the high-speed train race. With bullet trains crisscrossing the Asian supercontinent, it has made the grandfather of rail, the UK look as slow as the rocket. Why does the UK ...

Speaking at Routes Americas 2025, Neil Chernoff, BA’s chief planning and strategy officer, acknowledged the impact of the ...

Of the three main types, the grand total of geared steam locomotives built in the U.S. topped out at around 4,500. Despite ...

Iconic steam locomotive Flying Scotsman will take to the tracks once again in 2025 as the nation celebrates the bicentenary ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlights the implications of the Jevons Paradox prompted by China's new AI model, DeepSeek.

It's been a long winter, but our great British boatyards have been ever busy... here's some of the latest UK launches and ...

William Stanley Jevons first described a paradox. He maintained that more efficient steam engines would not decrease the use of coal in British factories but would actually increase it. As the fossil ...

The Bure Valley Railway has announced two visiting steam locomotives for its 35th Anniversary Gala. Samson and Winston ...

The book illustrates scenes from the largest region of British Railways when Victorian-era steam locomotives rubbed shoulders ...

A planned transport museum has been inundated with donations of glass and volunteers after people were asked to help restore ...

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